Monday, 8 June 2015

Diving and Writing – some of my favourite activities

I love any sort of diving: scuba, snorkelling... and I love writing. Finding opportunities to combine the two for travel articles or short stories is always a pleasure.


I wrote a piece of flash fiction based on a real experience cage diving with Great Whites in South Africa. The Great White is a much maligned animal and whilst it must be treated with respect, it is not a mindless killer! I was astonished by its sheer beauty. My story was published on the Cafelit website.








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5 comments:

  1. liz young8 June 2015 at 17:31

    I follow CafeLit so I must have read it. Is there a way of tracking old stories on their site?

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  2. Anonymous9 June 2015 at 11:17

    You're a brave lady, Susan. I wouldn't even swim with goldfish!

    Helen/TN

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  3. Susan A Eames9 June 2015 at 15:17

    Lizy, I'm pretty sure there's a search option on their website.

    Helen - you might surprise yourself. I find all wildflife encounters thrilling rather than frightening and I was so excited at the prospect of seeing Great Whites face to face that it didn't even occur to me to be afraid. I was more nervous about entering the very chilly water, than meeting the shark... really!

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  4. Linda D17 June 2015 at 19:15

    Fascinating creatures, but I'm not brave enough to get that close!

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    1. Susan A Eames17 June 2015 at 23:11

      When I first learned to dive I was pretty nervous at the idea of diving with sharks, Linda, but I changed my mind after my first sighting.

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